Grain stocks on farms doubled in Saskatchewan

Bumper crop last year swelled the grain bins

Stocks of wheat, canola and barley at Saskatchewan farms doubled over the past year, Statistics Canada says — another indication of the severe backlog farmers are experiencing moving their crops this year.

On-farm storage of those three crops hit 15 million tonnes as of March 31, double what it was a year earlier.

As of March 31, there were 9.7 million tonnes of wheat stored on farms in the province, a 90 per cent increase from last year.